Rob from Snagged reported that a deal he was working on was put on hold given the market volatility caused by the Trump tariffs. At the moment, the DJIA is down 3%, S&P is down nearly 4%, and the Nasdaq is down nearly 5%. People are understandably concerned how tariffs will impact international trade, and that left businesses concerned:
Had a pretty big deal get pulled back today given market volatility. 🙁
Curious to see how the stock market dump impacts domain deals.
— Snagged.com (@snagged) April 3, 2025
Not only am I concerned about domain name sales, I am also concerned about LTO deals that are in process. Will the market conditions and economic uncertainty cause people to purchase fewer domain names? Will people leasing domain names need to back out of deals as they tighten their wallets?
Thankfully, the Trump tariffs don’t directly impact domain name sales. However, domain name purchases are frequently impacted by economic conditions. When the economy tanks, people are less inclined to spend money on domain name acquisitions. In addition, startups may struggle to raise capital that would be used to buy domain names. Finally, entrepreneurs would be less likely to spend money on aftermarket domain name purchases.
Hopefully this market volatility is just a short term problem.
Not at all….still making great sales$$$$
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Making lots of money….1st class all the way
Love this stress free bs hobby
Thanks the the GD 99 cent coupons I was able to hand reg lots of great domains like marijuanadealer.com
Soundpain.com
Squarely.com
And gxnx.con
Are you ok?
Of course—best years of my life….money, good health, good sense of humor and the good looks.
Travel all over the world—1st class
trying to update all my travels at my site
http://www.VacationMemory.com
I believe in some cases, the tariff issues will cause specific domains to gain importance and create a sense of urgency to acquire them. You can always count on market uncertainty, whether it be tariffs, global issues, currency valuations, regulatory pressures and more….but the right domain name guarantees certainty. I’m seeing positive benefits to 2 of my larger names I’m brokering.
Across the board? Potential short term issues possibly…..yes.
yep … same thing happened to me as happened to Rob CEO of @snagged
If the declared purpose of these policies (moving production into the US, growth of national economy etc etc) is eventually achieved, this will likely boost domain market since most of domain sales are to the US based or US oriented businesses.
Yes